The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) is now accepting applications for its 2024-2025 Legacy Disposal Site Abatement Partial Grant Program.
Donor Name: California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 10/16/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Public entities bear a financial responsibility for maintaining public landfill sites in compliance with state regulations and standards. The program provides financial assistance in the form of reimbursement grants up to $750,000 in matching funds for eligible costs to assist public entities requiring financial assistance, and committed to accelerating the pace of cleanup, restoring sites, and protecting public health and safety and the environment.
Funding Information
- $1,000,000 available for fiscal year (FY) 2024-25.
- $750,000 maximum per grant award.
Eligibility Projects
Eligible projects include the remediation of disposal sites closed in accordance with the local laws at the time of the closure and prior to implementation of the State’s current permitting and/or closure requirements for landfills and disposal sites. Solid waste cleanup project sites where cleanup is needed to protect public health and safety of the environment within the applicant’s jurisdiction. CalRecycle offers the Legacy Disposal Site Abatement Partial Grant Program pursuant to Section 48020 of the Public Resources Code. For cleanup of solid waste sites and solid waste co-disposal sites where the responsible party either cannot be identified or is unwilling or unable to pay for timely remediation and where cleanup in needed to protect public health and safety and/or the environment. Under program, local governments can finance a wide range of remediation projects.
Eligibility Criteria
California Labor Code section 1782 will prohibit charter cities from receiving state funds or financial assistance for construction projects if those cities do not comply with sections 1770-1782 of the Labor Code. If any applicants or participating jurisdictions are charter cities or joint powers authorities that include charter cities, the lead participating jurisdiction must certify that Labor Code section 1782 does not prohibit any included charter city from receiving state funds for the project described in this application, more information can be found on CalRecycle’s California Labor Code section 1782.
Eligible applicants include public entities, including:
- Counties
- Cities
- Districts
- State agencies
- Joint Powers Authorities.
For more information, visit CalRecycle.
